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Qin vs Zin - What's the difference?

qin | zin |

As a proper noun qin

is an ancient feudal state of china that existed between 778 and 207 bc.

As a noun zin is

zinc.

qin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) seven-stringed classical Chinese zither that does not have a bridge, sometimes referred to as guqin where gu stands for ancient.
  • * 1989 , Zhongguo fu li hui, Chung-kuo fu li hui, China Reconstructs
    • ... there was no longer anyone worth playing his qin' for, so he broke his instrument and never played again. The ' guqin was also a means of expressing love.
  • * 2006 , Dana Standridge, Lessons in Essence: A Novel
    • He makes his qin' students take calligraphy with him, and calligraphy and painting students play the ' qin .
    English three-letter words English words containing Q not followed by U ----

    zin

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Zin

    Noun

  • (informal) Zinfandel wine
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